What to Do in an Emergency

Faculty, staff, students and others in the community should contact the University Police Department or the Office of the Dean of Students with any information regarding behaviors of a person on campus that might be viewed as cause for concern.

If you are notified of or involved in an emergency or crisis, stay calm, assess the situation and be prepared to take safety precautions based on your personal situation.
Here are tips to follow:

Stay away from the area of the emergency or crisis.

Find a safe place and stay there until you are notified that the emergency is over.

If you are directly affected by the emergency, call 911 or UPD as soon as it is safe to do so. Provide as much information as you can and stay on the phone until told to hang up. Learn more about 911 and whom to call in an emergency.

Alert others if you can without endangering yourself.

Evacuate the area by a safe route if possible.

If the emergency is an active threat and you are unable to evacuate the area, attempt to seek an area of safe refuge.

If you must seek refuge, secure doors and windows as quickly as possible and barricade as many items between you and the threat.

Do not attempt to make contact with the individual(s) responsible for the threat unless no other option is available.

Once in a secure location, do not open the door for anyone but the police.